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Action for Happiness
Other human health activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Judy Mary GibbonsDirector · since 2025
- Katherine ThompsonDirector · since 2025
- David Charles SteadDirector · since 2025
- Louisa SampsonDirector · since 2025
- Michiel NoletDirector · since 2022
- Vanessa Ann KingDirector · since 2017
- Professor Peter Richard Grenville LayardDirector · since 2017
- Mark WilliamsonSecretary · since 2017
Previous officers 5
- Julie Sandra Bentley 2022-2026 View profile
- Dr Radha Modgil 2022-2025 View profile
- Dame Julie Therese Mellor 2018-2018 View profile
- Geoffrey John Mulgan 2017-2023 View profile
- Sir Anthony Francis Seldon 2017-2022 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other human health activities
- Incorporated
- 12/04/2017
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- Action for Happiness
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Action for Happiness on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Employees
- 0.02
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
6 grants · £295,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Segelman Trust · £295,000 (6 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
7 directors on the board
- Judy Mary Gibbons Director · appointed 2025
- Katherine Thompson Director · appointed 2025
- David Charles Stead Director · appointed 2025
- Louisa Sampson Director · appointed 2025
- Michiel Nolet Director · appointed 2022
- Vanessa Ann King Director · appointed 2017
- Professor Peter Richard Grenville Layard Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Vanessa Ann King Director · appointed 2017
- Professor Peter Richard Grenville Layard Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Michiel Nolet Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Peter Richard Grenville Layard Director · appointed 2017
Portfolio (5)
- Judy Mary Gibbons Director · appointed 2025
- Katherine Thompson Director · appointed 2025
- David Charles Stead Director · appointed 2025
- Louisa Sampson Director · appointed 2025
- Vanessa Ann King Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Julie Sandra Bentley Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- Dr Radha Modgil Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 10722435
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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